Implementation of integrated development programs

During 2002, Girls World Communication Center (GWCC) obtained an official permit from the Ministry of Culture to engage in cultural and artistic activity, for its role in providing the community with female leaders who are qualified in all fields, and by virtue of its role it became the first center in Yemen internationally accredited in the International Computer Driving License(ICDL), and the first in Providing language and training services for girls only, and providing integrated development programs.

 

In 2002, the management of Girls World Communication Center (GWCC) also took more strategic decisions to enhance the capabilities of girls in a deeper way by focusing on refining the girls’ skills who had graduated from high school so that they are able to enter the university stage with better awareness and to be able to excel at a higher scientific rate, as well as an attempt to help them in overcoming the stage of mind-wandering and confusion after completing high school. At the time, the education system in Yemen required male secondary school graduates to perform a mandatory year of service while girls remained suspended from education for a whole year. Hence the role of the center in filling this void and limiting its negative consequences, such as early age marriage for girls or staying at home by giving them an integrated blend of English language, computers, scientific research curricula, leadership skills, university guidance and other skills that help girls complete their university educational career and creativity in their field of specialization.

 

With this, the Center contributed to exploiting the year of hiatus that was and is still mandatory for many reasons: one of which is the inability of universities to absorb graduates during two consecutive years. It is also an opportunity to acquire a number of skills that meet the requirements of the academic and practical future, whereby young women will be able to speak English fluently, use computers professionally, preparing good university research and preparing to face and overcome challenges, whether in the university environment or elsewhere.

 

Mrs. Catherine Hendel - the wife of the Director of the World Bank, joined as a volunteer in the Girls World Communication Center (GWCC), and had great contributions in training girls and volunteer work in the center. At the end of the second year of the millennium, Girls World Communication Center (GWCC) opened a rich library following the donation of Canadian Nexin Employees with many stories to the center which are still present in the library of the Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF) and are considered among the precious stories that are not available in Yemen.